In Exile from the Land of Snows
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Editeur - Casa editrice |
Harper Perennial |
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Anno - Date de Parution |
1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
Pagine - Pages | 512 | |||||||||||||||||||
Titolo originale | In Exile from the Land of Snows | |||||||||||||||||||
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Lingua - language - langue | eng | |||||||||||||||||||
Ristampa - Réédition - Reprint |
1997 | |||||||||||||||||||
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In Exile from the Land of Snows Public awareness of the plight of Tibet is expanding with the release of two new films--SEVEN YEARS IN TIBET, starring Brad Pitt and KUNDAN, directed by Martin Scorsese. For viewers who want the full story, this book tells the saga of a people struggling to maintain their identity as they wage a nonviolent struggle against the Chinese government. Now updated with a conversation with the Dalai Lama himself
Recensione in lingua italiana |
| E' il testo classico sulla occupazione cinese e sulla ribellione del 1959. Avedon illustra anche i problemi e la fine della resistenza con basi in Dolpo e Mustang. | ||||||||||||||||
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John Avedon is the author of In Exile from the Land of Snows, the definitive book on the Dalai Lama and Tibet since the Chinese conquest. He has edited various titles including Buddha’s Art of Healing, The Joy of Living and Dying in Peace, and The Way to Freedom, and served as the editor of The Library of Tibet, a translation series of classic Tibetan texts. Mr. Avedon’s articles on Tibet have appeared in GEO, Rolling Stone, the New York Times Magazine, Parade, and MacLean’s. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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